The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law.
Former Penn Law Dean William Draper Lewis was the Institute's first director, running the organization's operations out of
his campus office. The ALI was conceived as a representative gathering of the American Bar (including Judges, Lawyers, and
Law Professors) for the stated mission "to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation
to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal
work." The Third Restatement of the Law covered subjects including Foreign Relations Law and the Law Governing Lawyers. The
collection, 1973-2003, includes drafts, comments, correspondence, and other materials related to the Third Restatement of
the Law, which sought to improve and expand upon the first and second codification projects by the American Law Institute.

title

Restatement of the Law: Third Records

creator

American Law Institute

id

PU-L.ALI.04.003

repository

University of Pennsylvania Biddle Law Library

extent

16 linear feet

inclusive date

1973-2003

bulk date

abstract/scope/contents

The American Law Institute (ALI) was founded in 1923 in response to a perceived uncertainty and complexity in American law.
Former Penn Law Dean William Draper Lewis was the Institute's first director, running the organization's operations out of
his campus office. The ALI was conceived as a representative gathering of the American Bar (including Judges, Lawyers, and
Law Professors) for the stated mission "to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation
to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice and to encourage and carry on scholarly and scientific legal
work." The Third Restatement of the Law covered subjects including Foreign Relations Law and the Law Governing Lawyers. The
collection, 1973-2003, includes drafts, comments, correspondence, and other materials related to the Third Restatement of
the Law, which sought to improve and expand upon the first and second codification projects by the American Law Institute.